2001–02 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United

2001–02 season
Chairman	Derek Dooley
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Bramall Lane
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Asaba (7) All: Asaba (7)
Average home league attendance	18,020

During the 2001–02 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Manchester City	46		19	3	1	63	19		12	3	8	45	33		108	52	+56		99
2	West Bromwich Albion	46		15	4	4	36	11		12	4	7	25	18		61	29	+32		89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		13	4	6	33	18		12	7	4	43	25		76	43	+33		86
4	Millwall	46		15	3	5	43	22		7	8	8	26	26		69	48	+21		77
5	Birmingham City	46		14	4	5	44	20		7	9	7	26	29		70	49	+21		76
6	Norwich City	46		15	6	2	36	16		7	3	13	24	35		60	51	+9		75
7	Burnley	46		11	7	5	39	29		10	5	8	31	33		70	62	+8		75
8	Preston North End	46		13	7	3	45	21		7	5	11	26	38		71	59	+12		72
9	Wimbledon	46		9	8	6	30	22		9	5	9	33	35		63	57	+6		67
10	Crystal Palace	46		13	3	7	42	22		7	3	13	28	40		70	62	+8		66
11	Coventry City	46		12	4	7	33	19		8	2	13	26	34		59	53	+6		66
12	Gillingham	46		12	5	6	38	26		6	5	12	26	41		64	67	–3		64
13	Sheffield United	46		8	8	7	34	30		7	7	9	19	24		53	54	–1		60
14	Watford	46		10	5	8	38	30		6	6	11	24	26		62	56	+6		59
15	Bradford City	46		10	1	12	41	39		5	9	9	28	37		69	76	–7		55
16	Nottingham Forest	46		7	11	5	26	21		5	7	11	24	30		50	51	–1		54
17	Portsmouth	46		9	6	8	36	31		4	8	11	24	41		60	72	–12		53
18	Walsall	46		10	6	7	29	27		3	6	14	22	44		51	71	–20		51
19	Grimsby Town	46		9	7	7	34	28		3	7	13	16	44		50	72	–22		50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46		6	7	10	28	37		6	7	10	21	34		49	71	–22		50
21	Rotherham United	46		7	13	3	32	29		3	6	14	20	37		52	66	–14		49
22	Crewe Alexandra	46		8	8	7	23	32		4	5	14	24	44		47	76	–29		49
23	Barnsley	46		9	9	5	37	33		2	6	15	22	53		59	86	–27		48
24	Stockport County	46		5	1	17	19	44		1	7	15	23	58		42	102	–60		26

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Sheffield United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Simon Tracey
2	DF	ENG	Rob Kozluk
3	DF	ENG	Shane Nicholson
4	DF	ENG	Lee Sandford
5	DF	AUS	Shaun Murphy
6	DF	ENG	Keith Curle
7	MF	ENG	Michael Brown
8	FW	CAN	Paul Peschisolido
9	FW	ENG	Carl Asaba
10	MF	ENG	Paul Devlin
11	MF	ENG	Bobby Ford
12	FW	FRA	Laurent D'Jaffo
13	GK	NED	Wilko de Vogt
14	MF	FRA	Georges Santos
15	DF	ENG	Ben Doane
16	FW	ZIM	Peter Ndlovu
17	DF	ENG	Phil Jagielka
18	FW	ENG	Steve Lovell (on loan from Portsmouth)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	CMR	Patrick Suffo
20	MF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Javary
21	MF	ENG	Adam Burley
22	MF	ENG	Nick Montgomery
23	DF	ENG	Rob Ullathorne
24	DF	NED	Gus Uhlenbeek
25	FW	ENG	Tyrone Thompson
26	MF	ENG	Michael Tonge
28	MF	SCO	Grant Smith
29	FW	ENG	Mark Ward
30	MF	ENG	Lee Thompson
31	MF	IRL	Colin Cryan
32	DF	WAL	Rob Page
33	DF	FRA	Benoît Croissant
34	FW	ENG	Ryan Mallon
35	GK	ENG	Kevin Blackwell
36	FW	ENG	Lewis Killeen

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	BEL	Davy Gysbrechts
18	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City)
20	FW	NIR	Andy Smith

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan
27	MF	CMR	Buba Yohanna
35	FW	ENG	Adrian Littlejohn